No LUFSing matter: we analyse the top podcasts for bitrate and loudness

February 5, 2018

Exclusive: If you've ever wondered what bitrates or LUFS values are used by some of the world's biggest podcasts: we've done the analysis. There's a surprisingly wide range.

Paste Magazine posts an exclusive clip of The Onion's new podcast, A Very Fatal Murder. The podcast launches later today. The press release, in part, reads: "Hayley Price of Bluff Springs, Nebraska was a typical 17-year old-with big dreams and very clear skin. She was a high achiever. A prom queen. An animal lover. A doting girlfriend. A Libra. But one chilly Thursday morning in May, Hayley Price was found on the floor of the local bottle cap factory where her father worked. What’s more, she was dead."

Podcast platform audioBoom has announced a wave of new original shows. Stats: audioBoom hosts nearly 2,800 active channels, receives over 60 million listens per month, and has over 16.5 million users in the US alone.